Captain Francis Crozier

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Captain Francis Crozier is a 19th-century Irish naval officer best known as the historical commander in the ill-fated Franklin Expedition to the Arctic.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Navy officer
explorer
human
areaOfActivity Antarctic region
Arctic Ocean NERFINISHED
birthDate 1796-09-16
birthPlace Banbridge, County Down, Ireland NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath unknown
centuryOfActivity 19th century
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
deathDate circa 1848
deathPlace Canadian Arctic Archipelago NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Irish
familyName Crozier NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork polar exploration
givenName Francis NERFINISHED
hasMemorial Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland NERFINISHED
Franklin Expedition memorials in London
hasNamesake Cape Crozier NERFINISHED
Crater Crozier on the Moon NERFINISHED
Crozier Channel NERFINISHED
Mount Crozier NERFINISHED
knownFor Antarctic exploration
Arctic exploration
Franklin Expedition NERFINISHED
languageSpoken English
mannerOfDeath disappeared
militaryBranch Royal Navy
militaryRank captain
name Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier NERFINISHED
notableEvent assumed command of Franklin Expedition after Franklin’s death
led attempted overland retreat from icebound ships
occupation explorer
naval officer
participatedIn Franklin Expedition NERFINISHED
Parry’s Arctic expeditions NERFINISHED
Ross expedition to Antarctica (1839–1843) NERFINISHED
positionHeld captain of HMS Terror
commander of the Franklin Expedition after Sir John Franklin’s death
second-in-command of the Franklin Expedition
religion Anglicanism
servedUnder James Clark Ross NERFINISHED
John Franklin NERFINISHED
William Parry NERFINISHED
shipCommanded HMS Terror NERFINISHED
shipwreckedOn King William Island region NERFINISHED

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Jared Harris portrayed Captain Francis Crozier
Cape Crozier namedAfter Captain Francis Crozier
this entity surface form: Francis Crozier
HMS Erebus commandedBy Captain Francis Crozier
this entity surface form: Francis Crozier